Read the following passage and select the correct option. We planned to travel…
2014
Read the following passage and select the correct option.
We planned to travel Calcutta towards the end of last November. We arranged tickets for the journey from an agency and began our long cherished journey on the third day of the fourth week. It was a very clear day without a cloud in the sky. We felt very little motion as the vehicle moved smoothly into the air. The hostess brought water bottle for each passenger along with a light meal packet in a card board box. She also served tea or coffee according to the demands of the passengers. One passenger asked her when to open the box. She replied, ‘you can take it now or keep it to be used later’. We did not open the box then and there as we did not feel any urge for we just took our meals.
The journey began in November in the
- A.
1st week
- B.
2nd week
- C.
3rd week
- D.
4th week
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
A detail question in a comprehension passage is answered by locating the exact fact, time, or place stated in the passage itself, not by outside assumption or general impression. When the passage names a specific ordinal marker such as a day or week, that stated marker is the answer.
The passage states: ‘We arranged tickets for the journey from an agency and began our long cherished journey on the third day of the fourth week.’ This sentence explicitly places the start of the journey on the third day of the fourth week. Since the opening line places the trip ‘towards the end of last November’, this fourth week falls within November.
1st week: not supported — the passage does not describe the journey beginning in the first week.
2nd week: not supported — the passage does not place the journey in the second week.
3rd week: not supported — the passage specifies the fourth week, not the third.
4th week: matches the passage’s explicit statement, ‘the third day of the fourth week.’
Therefore, the journey began in the 4th week of November.